Nearly 60 percent of physician practices do not plan to give raises to their staff this calendar year, according to the "2013 Staff Salary Survey," released by Physicians Practice.
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Medical schools in the United States are on track for a 30 percent increase in enrollment by 2017, according to the Medical School Enrollment Survey conducted by the Association of American Medical Colleges Center for Workforce Studies.
In a session at the VHA 2013 Navigating to Excellence Forum in Las Vegas on May 1, 2013, Jim Doty, physician services and strategies senior principle at VHA, discussed best practices for including physicians at the decision table for economic…
In a session at the VHA 2013 Navigating to Excellence Forum in Las Vegas on May 1, 2013, Cindy DeMotte, MPH, RD, vice president of quality at Community Memorial Hospital of San Buenaventura in Ventura, Calif., shared four steps for…
More than 20 percent of physician practices employ care coordinators, according to the 2013 Staff Salary Survey by Physicians Practice.
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The CMO from West Penn Allegheny Health System has said a significant number of physicians from University of Pittsburgh Medical Center have expressed interest in working for the newly formed Allegheny Health Network, according to a Pittsburgh Business Times report.
In a controversial move, a prominent cardiology clinic in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, will now only see patients at UnityPoint Health-St. Luke's in Cedar Rapids, according to a report in The Gazette.
The median first-year guaranteed compensation for primary care physicians in 2012 was $180,000, up from $175,000 in 2011, according to the Medical Group Management Association's Physician Placement Starting Salary Survey: 2013 Report Based on 2012 Data.
Just 42 percent of physicians would choose the same specialty if they could go back and start their career over, according to Medscape's 2013 Physician Compensation Report.
From sole-practitioner private practices to vast hospital-employed physician groups, there is an ever-increasing focus on developing and tracking a few simple, diagnostic key performance indicators. From group to group, these indicators may vary depending on the organization's structure and goals,…